Covid-19: Total of 17.3% of M'sia's five to 11-year-olds have been given first dose of a vaccine

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 615,671 individuals, or 17.3% of the child population aged between five and 11 years old, in Malaysia have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Tuesday (Feb 22).

According to the Health Ministry's CovidNow portal, a total of 14,176,241 people, or 60.3% of the adult population in the country, have received Covid-19 booster doses while 22,945,612 individuals, or 97.5%, have completed their vaccinations.

A total of 23,223,983 people, or 98.7%, have received at least one dose of a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine.

As for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years old, a total of 2,799,326 individuals or 90% of the group have completed the vaccination process while 2,888,143 or 92.9% have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

On Tuesday, a total of 147,742 vaccine doses were dispensed with 51,849 as the first dose and 613 second doses. Some 95,280 booster jabs were also administered, bringing the the cumulative number of vaccine doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to 66,441,964.

Meanwhile, according to the Health Ministry's GitHub data repository, 43 Covid-19 deaths were recorded on Tuesday with Sabah reporting 12 cases; Johor (nine); four cases each in Selangor and Negri Sembilan; Kedah, Kelantan and Penang (three); Melaka and Perak (two); and one case in Kuala Lumpur. - Bernama